Information Services to Diverse Populations: Developing Culturally Competent Library Professionals

The development of cultural competency skills and social awareness benefits LIS students, their future employers, and the...
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Author: Nicole A. Cooke
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Language: English
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Information Services to Diverse Populations: Developing Culturally Competent Library Professionals by Cooke, Nicole A.

Information Services to Diverse Populations: Developing Culturally Competent Library Professionals

Dhs. 654.83

Information Services to Diverse Populations: Developing Culturally Competent Library Professionals

Dhs. 654.83
Author: Nicole A. Cooke
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The development of cultural competency skills and social awareness benefits LIS students, their future employers, and the library profession at large--not to mention library customers and society as a whole. This textbook and comprehensive resource introduces students to the contexts and situations that promote the development of empathy and build cultural competence, examines the research in the areas of diversity and social justice in librarianship, explains how social responsibility is a foundational value of librarianship, and identifies potential employment and networking opportunities related to diversity and social justice in librarianship.

A valuable book for students in graduate library and information science programs as well as LIS practitioners and researchers interested in knowing more about the topic of diversity in the profession, Information Services to Diverse Populations: Developing Culturally Competent Library Professionals addresses the political, social, economic, and technological divides among library patrons, covers transformative library services, and discusses outreach and services to diverse populations as well as how to evaluate such services, among many other topics. Appendices containing suggestions for exercises and assignments as well as lists of related library organizations and readings in related literature provide readers with additional resources.



Author: Nicole A. Cooke
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 12/12/2016
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781440834608


Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2017
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2017 pg. 434
Library Journal 05/01/2017 pg. 86
School Library Journal 06/01/2017

About the Author

Nicole A. Cooke, PhD, MEd, MLS, is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an associate professor at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina.


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